Moving migrants from Texas to Democratic strongholds is not new. The Reverse Freedom Rides of the 1960s hold lessons for activists of today. Early in the morning of September 15, two buses full of ...
As human rights advocates denounce efforts by Republicans to send dozens of buses full of asylum seekers to sanctuary cities across the United States, we look at the related history of the Reverse ...
Florida Gov. Desantis flew 50 migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard. The migrants told NPR that they were under the impression they were going to Boston for work. Advocates have compared the tactic ...
News about southern governors shipping immigrants north echoes a political stunt by segregationists during the civil rights movement of the early 1960s: the Reverse Freedom Rides. Many people view the ...
As Massachusetts works to resettle dozens of Venezuelan immigrants sent to Martha's Vineyard last week, some are drawing parallels to the Reverse Freedom Rides that took place 60 years ago.The group ...
MSNBC’s Joy Reid became the latest TV talk-show host Friday to take on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his flying of two planes full of immigrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, this ...
Governors in Texas, Florida and Arizona have been shipping migrants who show up in their states to cities and towns, including D.C., for most of this year. More than 9,000 people have been dropped in ...